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Chasewater Railway Museum – ‘Museums at Night’ event – at the Museum of Cannock Chase

Chasewater Railway Museum

‘Museums at Night’ event

At the Museum of Cannock Chase

Next Friday. 13th May 2016, 5.00pm – 8.00pm

May No.1

Chasewater Railway Museum – March 2016 Newsletter

Chasewater Railway Museum 

March 2016 Newsletter

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Chasewater Railway Museum – A further addition to our model collection

Chasewater Railway Museum 

A further addition to our model collection

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The latest addition to the Chasewater Railway Museum collection of Hornby ’0’ gauge is a slightly careworn and minus one buffer Pratts motor spirit tank wagon in green livery, representing the Anglo American Oil Company brand.

Reference to the New Cavendish publication in the Hornby Companion series shows that this particular example could only have been produced during the period 1923-1929, which means that it is the oldest ‘0’gauge Hornby wagon in the collection.

It came at the reasonable purchase price of £13.50

 

Chasewater Railway Museum – Accreditation 2016

Chasewater Railway Museum 

Accreditation 2016

Accreditation 2016

The Chasewater Railway Museum has maintained its status, first achieved in 2011, as a fully Accredited Museum, as awarded by Arts Council England.

The award of Full Accreditation is valid for approximately three years, at which point the museum will be invited to provide a return to demonstrate continuing compliance with the Accreditation Standard.

Thanks and congratulations to all who have helped maintain this standard during the past few years, and the museum looks forward to this support continuing in the future.

Our thanks also to our visitors – our efforts would be rather pointless without you.

Chasewater Railway Museum – Easter’s not far off!

Chasewater Railway Museum

Easter’s not far off!

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The Museum will be open on Sunday and Monday, and Thursday 31st March.

Chasewater Railway Museum – Help needed.

Chasewater Railway Museum

Help needed.

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Recently donated to the museum by Alan Sherry was a collection of cine-films and colour slides. We have had one of the films copied onto DVD by Final Cut Video Editing and Photos, based in Burntwood. This film was taken in the mid-1960s depicts trains, boats and planes in and around the Isle of Man.
We could do with a cheap or preferably free 8mm projector (any make) in order to check the films before spending further money on copying what may turn out to be film of the family holiday variety.

If you can help, please contact Barry on:  07748130215

Chasewater Railway Museum – Newsletter for February 2016

Chasewater Railway Museum 

Newsletter for February 2016

February 2016 Newsletter

Chasewater Railway Museum – The running season starts this weekend, March 5th & 6th

Chasewater Railway Museum

The running season starts this weekend, March 5th & 6th

If you are going to visit Chasewater Railway for the Gala this weekend, don’t forget to pop into the museum and pay us a visit.  We are to be found in the Heritage Centre.

Chasewater Railway Gala March 5th & 6th

Chasewater Railway Museum – our latest item

Chasewater Railway Museum

Our latest item

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Thanks to Rob Cadman, who spotted the item on ebay, we were able to obtain, at a reasonable price, a small wagon repair plate somewhat unusually produced in a lead material, and CRC (Cannock & Rugeley Colliery) in origin, when they replaced an ex Midland Railway wagon – number 74545  6-1943.  Size, approximately 6″x 4″ .  Very likely this was a 12 ton coal wagon but this is not yet verified.

Many of these old Midland Railway wagons were withdrawn in the 1920s and 30s and replaced by the LMS.